Light up the fire and say hello to Cookie S’mores where oatmeal chocolate chip cookies create the ultimate base for toasted marshmallows and milk chocolate in a campfire classic with a twist.
Consider today’s post Canyon Cookout 2.0.
Earlier in the week I posted about a much needed family getaway dinner featuring burgers, dogs and my Baked Potato Salad, loaded with sour cream, cheese and of course, BACON.
Even with the travel I’ve had of late, I’m still aware that the 4th of July is right around the corner.
An illustrious holiday where the goal is to chill with friends or family, get in touch with the great outdoors and somehow avoid putting an eye out with those fiery embered sparklers mama always warned us about.
Some will simply slip into their own backyard and fire up the grill to enjoy a little R&R. Others will be creating their great escape, be it ocean, desert or mountain.
I too will be heading out of town with my family, with coolers packed and Siri on speed dial en route to one of the most majestic National Parks in the land.
With my sister and bro-in-law and their girls flying in for a getaway to the wild, river floats and wildlife seeking will be tops on our to-do list along with a salutary shout out to Old Faithful.
Very red, white and blue wouldn’t you say?
You could also say Canyon Cookout 1.0 was a bit in preparation for this outdoor escape. A little reminder of what to remember before we hit the road and are apt to forget.
Things like handi wipes to take away the sticky leftover residue of a new favorite dessert treat.
While some of the clan that made our way to the first cookout preferred a traditional s’more, the rest of the crew went all in and heartily devoured this extra chocolat-ey Cookie S’more version.
Now if we’d only remembered the milk to dunk it into.
This just might be the ultimate outdoor adventure for your mouth, right at the tips of your fingers.
- 16 freshly baked chocolate chip cookies
- 16 large marshmallows
- 8 chocolate bars, broken into quarters
- Build a fire and let the coals begin to turn gray and ashy. Place a marshmallow on a stick and roast over the glowing embers, turning frequently. When golden, place a quarter of the chocolate bar on a cookie, top with the marshmallow and sandwich between another chocolate chip cookie and munch.
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Heidi those smores are RIDIC!!!! I Want one. Like right now! Pinned!
insane! wow, I am loving the giantness of them!
Your family is just so darn cute! Um, and these s’mores are exactly the way I like them, with a cookie, not a graham!
Oh you are nice, thanks so much! Most of these kids are friends of the family, my daughter is the red head, who rounds out the rainbow of hair color in the group.
Cookie smores looks like the absolute BEST idea I’ve ever seen in my life.
Dannielle @ Chic-a-Dee
This is genius!! Why have I never done this?!!
Ha, thanks Liz. I was wondering the same thing when I thought of it for the first time. I just figured everyone did.
LOVING these Heidi! I want a huge cookie s’more for breakfast. And I want to go outside and toast marshmallows! Ugh! Life is hard. Pinning these. gorgeous!
I can’t think of a better use of cookies than this. Sandwiching smooshy marshmallows and melted chocolate. You are nothing short of genius my friend!
It’s all a matter of necessity, right? The necessity to eat more chocolate stacked on chocolate 🙂
I love this idea!! Such a cool alternative to graham crackers 🙂
I’m officially obsessed. Must. Make.
Did I tell you I’m available for this trip? I’ll bring the wine:).
The BEST kind of S’more!
Wow, these look amazing! Now you’ve got me thinking of other ways a S’more could be built 🙂
These are AMAZING! So huge and I want one! Pinning!
Wow.. that looks HUGGGGE and amazing.
love the first photo! so cool!
What a scrumptious idea! No better way to amp up a s’more than to incorporate homemade cookies. Brilliant!
WHYYYY have I never thought to make these before!! Have a BLAST in Yellowstone, I love it there!
Heidi, these are gooey, melty, and totally genius! I could eat way too many of these! 🙂
Omg, those cookie smores are ginormous…and I love it! Smores a classic and you can’t go wrong with them. 🙂
You have the most adorable family!!! And OMG… these cookies?! I will make these! It’s a promise.
My mouth is watering right now!
xo Jennifer
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OH YUM. Such a brilliant idea! Gonna have to do a some cookie s’mores over the 4th for sure. Oh, and can we do a canyon cookout sometime? That would be awesome.
YES! We totally need to. Let’s plan for late July when Smudge is home from all of her camps so she can wrangle Daily John.
How fun are these, I want a bite!
Those look beyond amazing! I would never want a regular smore again! I can’t imagine anyone would.
I’m with you, I think the cookie route is the way to go. THX for the comment 🙂
OH MY GOSH. I love this idea!
Chocolate chip cookies, smore style, OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need these in my life, like right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this puts my childhood camp memories to shame (both of them). Genius idea, I’ll never make smores out of graham crackers again!
Such a great idea!! Especially on an oatmeal cookie, my fav! Can’t wait to try this.
I like the look of these 🙂
Oh baby! Those cookies! I want to add some ice cream in the middle of them too!!!
these look gorgeous!
Our family usually celebrates the 4th of July in our backyard having grilled food and pasta. It is also a time when our relatives come over for lunch and have a few drinks. Always loved it. Anyway, those are some great s’mores. I definitely want to try making them for the occasion.
So glad I came across these now at the beginning of our summer season! We may not be campers in our family, but I am sure we can sit out on the deck with our bbq and enjoy some s’mores 🙂
I totally got sidetracked to this post while reading about your lemon bars and literally just started pitching the idea of going camping in Maine Memorial Day weekend to some friends and am pinning this like my life depends on it as we’re totally about to make these! I also just mastered oatmeal chocolate chip cookies like two days ago so the foodie gods are in my favor! Thank you for this post!
Cool!
Thanks for sharing